Trainee Legal Advisor

The purpose of the role is to be trained as a Legal Adviser to be able to represent the Justices’ Clerk as Legal Adviser to Magistrates and to a District Judge (Magistrates’ Courts) in accordance with The Courts Act, 2003, the Justices’ Clerks Rules, Practice Directions and protocols.

A candidate for this post must be legally qualified having completed their academic stage of training to qualify as a solicitor or barrister in accordance with The Assistants to Justices’ Clerks (Amendment) Regulations 2007.